Abdullah Gül is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th President of Turkey,in office from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003,and concurrently served as both Deputy Prime Minister and as Foreign Minister between 2003 and 2007. He is currently a member of the Advisory Panel for the President of the Islamic Development Bank.
The Felicity Party is an Islamist Turkish political party. It was founded in 2001,and mainly supported by conservative Muslims in Turkey.
Virtue Party was an Islamist political party established on 17 December 1997 in Turkey. It was found unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court and then banned on 22 June 2001 for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution. After the party's ban,the party MPs founded two sections of parties:reformist Justice and Development Party (AKP),headed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,and traditionalist Felicity Party (SP),headed by Recai Kutan.
Prof. Dr. Numan Kurtulmuş is a Turkish politician and academician who is currently the speaker of the Grand National Assembly. He is also currently the deputy chairman of Justice and Development Party.
İbrahim Bilgen was a Turkish politician,electrical engineer and activist. He was born in Batman,Turkey and killed by the Israeli armed forces in the Gaza flotilla raid.
The People's Voice Party was a religious conservative political party in Turkey. It was founded on 1 November 2010 by Numan Kurtulmuşand dissolved on 19 September 2012.
Mehmet Bekaroğlu is a Turkish human rights activist,a scientist,professor,a psychiatrist,a writer,and a politician of Laz origin. He was well known in the Turkish Parliament by his actions against tortures at jails. He took part in the Human Rights Commission in the parliament.
Yalçın Akdoğan is a Turkish politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from 2014 to 2016. A member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),Akdoğan became a Member of Parliament representing Ankara's first electoral district at the 2011 general election and was re-elected in June 2015.
The First Cabinet of Ahmet Davutoğlu was the 62nd government of the Turkish Republic,which took office on 29 August 2014. It was the fifth majority government to be formed entirely by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was headed by its leader and the 26th Prime Minister of Turkey,Ahmet Davutoğlu. The government assumed office during the 24th parliament of Turkey and succeeded Erdoğan's third cabinet. Davutoğlu is the third AKP politician to take office as Prime Minister,after Abdullah Gül (2002–2003) and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2003–2014).
Events in the year 1998 in Turkey.
Events in the year 1999 in Turkey
The Lost Trillion Case,also known as the Missing Trillion Case,was an embezzlement scandal in Turkey involving the use of forged documents by the Welfare Party executives to prevent the return of Treasury grants in amount of around one trillion lira,i.e. one million ₺ in today's currency following the ban of the party in 1998. Party leader and former prime minister Necmettin Erbakan as well as 68 party officials received prison sentences after a court trial,although the former's was commuted to house arrest.
Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat was a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin who was one of the founders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001. He served as a Member of Parliament for the Grand National Assembly from 1999 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2018 as a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
The February 2016 Ankara bombing killed at least 30 people and injured 60 in the capital of Turkey. According to Turkish authorities,the attack targeted a convoy of vehicles carrying both civilian and military personnel working at the military headquarters during the evening rush hour as the vehicles were stopped at traffic lights at an intersection with İsmet İnönüBoulevard close to Kızılay neighborhood. Several ministries,the headquarters of the army and the Turkish Parliament are located in the neighbourhood where the attack occurred. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) took responsibility for the attack and said they targeted security forces. Censorship monitoring organization Turkey Blocks reported nationwide internet restrictions beginning approximately one hour after the blast pursuant to an administrative order. The attack killed 14 military personnel,14 civilian employees of the military,and a civilian.
İskender Pasha Mosque,a.k.a. Terkim Masjid is a historic mosque located in Fatih district in Istanbul,Turkey.
Nihat Akdoğan is a Turkish politician of Kurdish descent. He was a politician of the Democratic Society Party (DTP) and a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
Mehmet Metiner is a Turkish-Kurdish journalist,writer,and politician. He started his political career as an Islamist but joined many parties during his career.
